Kirkwall Airport (Orkney Islands) weather

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Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 08:20

Sunset: 16:31

Overcast changing to light rain by early evening.

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No pollen data.

Today

Maximum daytime temperature: 6° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;
Mon 2 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;

Sunrise: 08:18

Sunset: 16:33

Heavy rain.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

Mon 2 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;
Tue 3 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;

Sunrise: 08:16

Sunset: 16:36

Light snow changing to sleet by lunchtime.

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L Pollution

No pollen data.

Tue 3 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 3° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;
Wed 4 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 08:14

Sunset: 16:38

Sleet changing to light rain in the afternoon.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Wed 4 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;
Thu 5 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;

Sunrise: 08:11

Sunset: 16:41

Light rain changing to overcast by lunchtime.

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

Thu 5 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 2° Celsius;
Fri 6 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;

Sunrise: 08:09

Sunset: 16:43

Overcast.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Fri 6 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 4° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 3° Celsius;
Sat 7 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Sunrise: 08:06

Sunset: 16:46

Overcast changing to drizzle by nighttime.

L UV

No pollution data.

No pollen data.

Sat 7 Feb

Maximum daytime temperature: 5° Celsius; Minimum nighttime temperature: 4° Celsius;

Overcast changing to light rain by early evening.

Sunrise: 08:20

Sunset: 16:31

L UV

L Pollution

No pollen data.

7 day forecast for Kirkwall Airport

Today (1 February 2026)

Time	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	10%	10%	20%	40%	40%	70%	90%	80%	80%	70%
Temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°
Feels like temperature (°C)	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-1°	-1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SE 20	ESE 20	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 20	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21
Wind gust (mph)	39	39	40	39	39	39	40	41	41	41
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	85%	85%	85%	85%	85%	85%	86%	86%	86%	86%
UV	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Monday (2 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	80%	80%	90%	90%	90%	90%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	90%	80%
Temperature (°C)	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-1°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-3°	-2°	-3°	-3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 23	ESE 22	ESE 23	ESE 23	ESE 23	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 20	ESE 20
Wind gust (mph)	41	41	42	42	42	43	43	43	44	44	44	44	44	44	44	43	43	43	43	42	42	42	41	41
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	M	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	87%	88%	87%	87%	87%	88%	89%	91%	90%	89%	89%	88%	90%	87%	87%	87%	86%	86%	86%	85%	85%	84%	83%	83%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Tuesday (3 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	70%	70%	60%	40%	30%	30%	40%	50%	50%	60%	70%	70%	70%	70%	70%	60%	70%	70%	80%	80%	80%	80%	70%	70%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	2°	2°	2°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 20	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 18	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 20	ESE 20	ESE 20	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 20	ESE 20	ESE 20	ESE 20	ESE 20	ESE 20	ESE 21	ESE 21
Wind gust (mph)	41	41	40	40	40	40	40	41	41	40	40	41	41	41	41	40	41	41	42	42	43	44	43	43
Visibility (description)	G	G	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	80%	78%	77%	75%	73%	69%	68%	67%	68%	69%	73%	73%	73%	74%	74%	75%	75%	76%	78%	81%	82%	81%	80%	77%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Wednesday (4 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	80%	80%	80%	80%	90%	90%	90%	90%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	≥95%	90%	90%	90%	90%	80%	80%	80%	80%	80%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 21	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 23	ESE 23	ESE 23	ESE 23	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	SE 22	SE 22	SE 22	SE 22	SE 22
Wind gust (mph)	44	44	44	44	45	45	46	47	46	47	47	47	47	46	46	45	46	45	45	44	45	44	43	42
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	M	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G
Humidity	76%	77%	78%	78%	78%	81%	80%	83%	83%	84%	84%	85%	86%	86%	89%	87%	88%	89%	91%	91%	90%	90%	90%	91%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Thursday (5 February 2026)

Time	00:00	01:00	02:00	03:00	04:00	05:00	06:00	07:00	08:00	09:00	10:00	11:00	12:00	13:00	14:00	15:00	16:00	17:00	18:00	19:00	20:00	21:00	22:00	23:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	80%	80%	80%	70%	60%	60%	70%	60%	60%	60%	60%	60%	50%	50%	50%	40%	40%	40%	40%	50%	40%	40%	50%	50%
Temperature (°C)	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	5°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	0°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-2°	-2°	-2°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	SE 22	SE 22	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 21	SE 20	SE 20	SE 20	SE 20	SE 20	SE 20	ESE 20	ESE 20	ESE 21	ESE 20
Wind gust (mph)	41	42	41	42	41	40	40	40	40	40	40	40	39	38	38	37	38	37	37	38	37	37	36	36
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	M	G	G	M	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	G	VG	VG	VG
Humidity	91%	91%	89%	88%	89%	90%	90%	88%	88%	88%	88%	87%	86%	84%	83%	84%	83%	84%	84%	82%	81%	81%	82%	81%
UV	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	-	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	-	-	-	-	-	-	-

Friday (6 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%	30%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°	3°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-3°	-2°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 20	ESE 21	ESE 21	E 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 22	ESE 21
Wind gust (mph)	37	36	35	35	34	33	32	30
Visibility (description)	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	VG	G	VG
Humidity	81%	80%	83%	83%	82%	82%	84%	82%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

Saturday (7 February 2026)

Time	00:00	03:00	06:00	09:00	12:00	15:00	18:00	21:00
Weather symbols
Chance of precipitation	40%	40%	40%	40%	30%	30%	40%	40%
Temperature (°C)	3°	3°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°	4°
Feels like temperature (°C)	-2°	-2°	-2°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°	-1°
Wind direction and speed (mph)	ESE 20	ESE 19	ESE 18	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 19	ESE 18	ESE 18
Wind gust (mph)	29	29	28	29	29	26	26	26
Visibility (description)	G	G	G	G	G	G	VG	G
Humidity	83%	87%	89%	87%	84%	86%	88%	88%
UV	-	-	-	1	1	1	-	-

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Wind and rain marking a change in the UK weather

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Orkney & Shetland weather forecast

Headline:

Cloudy and windy with showers. Cold across Shetland.

Today:

A cloudy day with some showery rain at times, Orkney seeing the best of any drier weather. Fresh to strong southeasterly winds. Cold across Shetland. Maximum temperature 5 °C.

Tonight:

Cloudy this evening with further showers. Then the rest of the night will remain cloudy with showery rain, this turning to sleet or wet snow at times across Shetland. Minimum temperature 3 °C.

Monday:

Remaining cloudy and windy with showers, these wintry across Shetland and turning wintry across Orkney by evening. Cold. Maximum temperature 4 °C.

Outlook for Tuesday to Thursday:

Little change, remaining cold and windy with sleet or snow showers. Perhaps fewer showers on Tuesday.

Updated: 04:00 (UTC) on Sun 1 Feb 2026

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